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bumps into his high school flame
ludy Berlin, who plans to make
Exploitips: BOXOFFICE caught
this one at Sundance last year, giving
it four stars: "A uniquely literate
and humane little art film, 'Judy
Berlin' is better Woody Allen than
Woody himself has pulled off in
close to 10 years. It's to be hoped
Mendelsohn finds an audience for
this first effort, because despite the
Allen derivations, there are enough
suggestions of originality in 'Judy
Berlin' to make a sympathetic
viewer hope Mendelsohn gets to
make a second.
Free," 2.5 stars in last month's
Mifune
issue: "Karine Vanasse won a
Dogme 95 cohort Soren well-deserved acting award at the
Kragh-Jacobsen writes and Toronto International Film
Festival for her part as
directs this comedy about a
newly married businessman who Hannah....Her portrayal of childhood
angst is riveting, but the film
hears of his father's death.
Having neglected to tell
isn't nearly as fresh as she is."
his bride
and her family about his own
poverty-stricken rural relatives,
he returns to the farm where he
grew up and realizes that he
must find a caretaker for his mentally
disabled older brother. The
woman he hires, unbeknownst to
him, is a high-class prostitute on
the run. Anders W. Berthelsen,
Iben Hjejle and Jesper Asholt
star. Anders Thomas Jensen
scripts; "The Celebration's"
Birgitte Hald and Morten
Kaufmann produce. (Sony
Classics, 2/25 NY/LA, 3/3 exp)
Exploitips: The third film that
adheres to the Dogme "Vow of
six-figure sum for the pic. Norbu
Chastity," "Mifune" discards artificial
lighting, opticals, filters,
is better known as H.E.
Dzongsar Jamyang Rinpoche, a
non-natural sound and props,
distinguished leader of
limiting auterism to the point that
Buddhism who's said to be third
directors names aren't even mentioned
in the credits. BOXOFFICE and the spiritual adviser on
in line behind the Dalai Lama
found the effort successful, giving
the pic four stars in last
Bernardo Bertolucci's "Little
Buddha." BOXOFFICE reviewed
month's Toronto coverage:
"The Cup" at Toronto in last
"Thanks to fine ensemble acting,
the Dogme 95 aesthetic of handheld
cameras, available lighting
and genuine locations works
smoothly. There are few false
notes— just many that resonate.
Cotton Mary
Producer Ismail Merchant ("A
Soldier's Daughter Never Cries")
Gendernauts
directs this period drama set in
post-independence India in German director Monika
1954. Two women, the mistress
San Francisco
Treut traveled to
of the house and her servant, collide
to make this documentary
over the care of the former's about gender benders in vari-
newborn, revealing the deepseated
ous stages of their lives. (First]
wounds between the Run, February
undated)
British colonials and Anglo-
Indians. Greta Scacchi ("The Red
Violin") and Madhur laffrey star.
Alexandra Viets scripts; Gil
Donaldson, Nayeem Hafizka
and Merchant produce. (Artistic
License, February undated
the leap to la-la land herself.
Aaron Harnick co-stars. Eric NY/LA)
Mendohlson writes and directs; Exploitips: Jaffrey, who's the
Rocco Caruso produces. author of several Indian cookbooks,
(Shooting Gallery. 2/25)
is credited with introducing
Merchant to his long-time
producing partner James Ivory.
Emporte-moi
Veteran filmmaker Lea Pool
writes and directs this autobiographical
coming-of-ager about
a 1 3-year-old girl growing up in
1960s Montreal. Karine
Vanasse stars. Lorraine Richard
produces. (Artistic License,
February undated)
Exploitips: BOXOFFICE gave
this pic, also known as "Set Me
The Cup
The first film shot entirely in
the Tibetan language, the comedy
"The Cup" details how an
exiled Tibetan monastery
becomes infected with 1 998
World Cup soccer fever, attempting
to hook up a television and
satellite dish to watch the games.
Khyentse Norbu directs and
scripts based on a true story. (Fine
Line, Februrary exp)
Exploitips: Fine Line beat out
other distributors such as Sony
Pictures Classics, paying a low
month's issue, giving it 3.5 stars
and saying, "Although 'The Cup'
is paced a little slowly— by
Western standards— for a comedy,
the lush serenity of the
Himalayas is the perfect backdrop
for adolescent chicanery..
..'The Cup' is a satisfying
comedy about finding your
place in the world. " (See In the
Director's Chair, page 28.)
Exploitips: "Gendernauts" \
should have some luck at the\
boxoffice with niche audiences—
in San Francisco, particularly.
Response No. 243
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